Are Pies trying to change good friday fixture? : Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:51 pm
As you all know Saints are due to play the vermin at our new stadium in an historic good Friday fixture.However Wigan Athletic have a home match themselves on the Easter Monday versus Man Utd.
As a result the tenants at the DW cant play there on monday, and its rumoured have asked the RFL to change the Saints v Wigan fixture to Easter Monday so that Wigan can play a home match on Good Friday.
This to me is a disgrace. If Wigan cannot fulfill their home fixtures then they should be forced to play away on the bank holiday or alternatively play a home match on the Tuesday night, subject to being allowed to by their landlords.
Moving the fixture from Good Friday to Easter Monday risks Saints losing a significant amount of revenue, as the monday fixtures are rarely as well attended as those held on the Friday.